Fisherman's Friends: One and All brings the shanty band back to the big screen in a funny and poignant sequel that sees them go all the way to Glastonbury.
As you'll have seen in the end credits, they really did play the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. They weren't quite the direct support act to Beyoncé, but they did open the stage on that Sunday morning in 2011 ahead of her headline act later that evening.
The sequel is otherwise a fictionalised tale of the real-life band and, as far as we know, they didn't need to send Michael Eavis lobsters to play Glastonbury. Following the death of Jago in the first movie, One and All sees Jim (James Purefoy) struggling with his grief.
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It's at the same time that the band are battling with their record label to release their second album. Again, there were likely no such challenges in real life, but one aspect of the band's second album does have a tragic real-life inspiration.
In February 2013, Fisherman's Friends tour manager Paul McMullen died after being hit by a falling metal door backstage at G Live in Guildford, Surrey, where the band were due to perform later that day.
Singer Trevor Grills also suffered severe head injuries in the freak accident and died two days later in hospital. The incident happened only days after the band had recorded their second album, which was released later that year in August.
Grills was posthumously given lead vocals on the first single to be released from the album, 'Mary Anne'. "Trevor's voice is very sweet, it had a peculiarly individual quality of its own," singer Jon Cleave told PA (via The Independent).
"When you hear that now, it's a very emotional thing for all of us. Even if we sought to replace him with another singer – which we don't plan to – we would never find a voice like that."
In the movie, there's no such tragic incident, but Jago (David Hayman) posthumously appears on the band's second album. Jago passed away in the first movie and it's revealed that their already-recorded second album featured Jago's vocals.
It's why his wife Maggie (Maggie Steed) is so determined to persuade the record label to release the album, getting them to agree that if the Fisherman's Friends played Glastonbury then they'd release the album. Hence the lobster plan, which obviously works a treat.
The sequel's title One and All is based on the motto from the Cornish coat of arms, and it's also what the real-life band called their second album in memory of Trevor Grills. The movie is also dedicated to Grills and Paul McMullen.
![One And All [Music From The Movie]](https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1660917440-519wGxw9F2L._SL500_.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:* "One And All [Music From The Movie]")
"I am sure we all have subtly different feelings about what the album represents. To me, it's a tribute to him as a singer, a good man and a friend," Cleaves told PA of the album title.
"We were undecided on the album title – we thought 'All Aboard with the Fisherman's Friends'. Then this dreadful thing happened. Trevor, in his own quiet way, was very good at handling the rest of us in the decisions.
"He would always underline the team ethic, which stretches back to the old Cornish motto. There is no finer tribute to the way he was than to call it One and All – that's the way he used to be."
Fisherman's Friends: One and All is out now in UK cinemas.
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